gull-birds

Updated: June 26, 2025

"Dat was my name!" she exclaimed aloud, and listened more intently than ever. "Maybe 'twas jes' one o' them gull-birds a-callin'," she decided as no further sound came to her ears. Now she went on more carefully, but she, too, came to the shore; but it was on the inner curve of the land, a little cove where an old shanty stood near the water, and a boat was drawn up near by.

Alice Turner Curtis - Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter